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Cecil Taylor

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Cecil Percival Taylor (New York City, March 25, 1929 – April 5, 2018) was an American pianist, composer and poet. Cecil Taylor is generally acknowledged to be one of the pioneers and great innovative sources of free jazz. Classically trained, his music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms. His piano technique has been likened to percussion

Top songs

  1. Steps
  2. Bemsha Swing
  3. Tales (8 Whisps)
  4. Song
  5. Rick Kick Shaw
  6. T (Beautiful Young'n)
  7. Azure
  8. Charge 'Em Blues
  9. Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure)
  10. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
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  1. Air
  2. Port of Call - Remastered
  3. Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section
  4. Sweet and Lovely
  5. With (Exit)
  6. Enter, Evening
  7. Port of Call
  8. Conquistador
  9. Trance
  10. This Nearly Was Mine
  11. E.B.
  12. Lena
  13. Call
  14. Conquistador - 2003 Remastered
  15. Lazy Afternoon
  16. Love for Sale
  17. Wallering
  18. Of What
  19. African Violets
  20. Jitney No. 2
  21. Enter, Evening (Alternate Take)
  22. D Trad That's What
  23. Nefertiti, the beautiful one has come
  24. Air - Remastered
  25. Get Out of Town
  26. I Love Paris
  27. Luyah! the Glorious Step
  28. Steps - Digitally Remastered
  29. With (Exit) - 2003 Remastered
  30. After All No. 2
  31. What's New
  32. Excursion On a Wobbly Rail
  33. Communications # 11 - Part 1
  34. Toll
  35. With (Exit) (Alternate Take)
  36. This Nearly Was Mine - Remastered
  37. ロノ
  38. Communications # 11 - Part 2
  39. Cell Walk for Celeste (Take 1)
  40. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
  41. Period 5
  42. Little Lees (Louise)
  43. Idut
  44. Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure) - Digitally Remastered
  45. O.P.
  46. After All (Fifth Movement)
  47. Jumpin' Punkins
  48. Enter, Evening [Alternate Take]
  49. N + R (Love Is Friends)
  50. Just Friends
  51. With (Exit) - Remastered
  52. I Forgot
  53. Serdab
  54. Untitled 1
  55. E.B. - Remastered
  56. Astar
  57. Unit Structure / As Of A Now / Section
  58. Untitled 2
  59. Holiday En Masque
  60. abyss (first movement) - petals & filaments (second movement) - jitney (third movement)
  61. O. P.
  62. I (Sister Young'n)
  63. Lazy Afternoon - Remastered
  64. (unrecorded silence)
  65. Unit Structure/As Of A Now/Section - Digitally Remastered
  66. Ensaslayi
  67. Enter, Evening - Digitally Remastered
  68. Choral Of Voice (Elesion)
  69. Taht
  70. Like Someone In Love
  71. Bulbs
  72. For the Rabbit
  73. D Trad, That's What
  74. Shifting Down
  75. For The Death
  76. Lono
  77. Jumpin' Punkins (Take 4)
  78. Olim
  79. Corn in Sun + T (Moon)
  80. Carol/Three Points
  81. Niggle Feuigle
  82. Call (second version)
  83. Davis (Take 1)
  84. Mirror And Water Gazing
  85. Port Of Call (Take 3)
  86. Double Clutching
  87. Cindy's Main Mood
  88. For The Water Dog
  89. Amplitude
  90. Womb Waters Scent Of The Burning Armadillo Shell

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